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While I don't have any problems waiting for BB10 on my playbook, it might be wise to get it out sooner rather than later. The advantage is that for many who only have the Playbook BB10 on it might be a great preview and encourage sales of the BB10 phones. I'm not fully sold on the Z10 yet and I am in the market for a new phone. being able to play with the full BB10 on my playbook could persuade me to go Z10 as well.

They are in dire straits. If they launch BB10 for playbooks simultaneously, they will loose a lot of consumers who want to have a feel of the new OS. So, they will try to milk money from some rich consumers first. Then they will reduce the price in next month for milking some other who couldn't afford the launch cost. Every company does that.

In my view, its atleast one month. And most probably two months for pb to get BB10 OS.

I guess there will be no updates heading my way here in saudi arabia, if the updates are indeed mainly for allowing bb10 os to have video call functionality with the playbook then its no use waiting, what sucks is video chat is not even allowed for the playbook in this country!!!

Agreed. My iPad 1 was hardly 2y old when declared obsolete by Apple and refused iOS 6. Not to mention all the Android devices that get no love after release. . . . . . . .

Originally Posted by Garry Coupland

No BB10 upgrade for PB = a BB fail.....

No release for PB (promised or not) is a big kick in the teeth for all those who have stood by the PB.

Apple as already stated, release updates for all their devices. Not just a selected few revenue generating new models.

And that people was exactly what BB10 was, just a revenue generating exercise... If it was a market changing OS then why was it not released on devices current and new capable of running it.

I understand that tech eventually stops being supported in favour of new better tech, but if you still have tech in the market place being sold and used then you are failing those users and customers by not keeping that tech up to date......

It's a bit like me having a favourite child.

BlackBerry have failed yet again, by neglecting the die hard PB users. The least BlackBerry could have done was release a PB upgrade along side the main launch as thank you to the PB faithful....

BB10 on the playbook will have the device continue its roll as a development platform.

It will require code to be tightened up as any jitters or lags that appear during OS transitions will be much more visible. Rolling out BB10 to the Playbook will require that they uphold a certain quality standard. In no way is this a bad thing.

The end result will be a trimmed down, smooth and fluid OS designed to run on resource-light, network-ready reference hardware capable of being installed in a variety of appliances. It will be the forerunner of Cisco's Internet of Things and it will all be powered by QNX.